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WEEKLY SMILE
(C.J.T.—Phila.,Pa.)
It is a good thing, now and then,
to get out into the country and see
the real beauties of nature as are.
displayed in the flowers, trees, birds,
hills and streams. Having been
reared in a small town, naturally,
I always feel perfectly at home when
I ride out into the country near
Philadelphia with a crowd of friends.
It is extremely interesting to me
when I am out with a crowd of city
born and reared people who know
very little about the different kinds
of trees, flowers, etc., found in the
average patch of woods. “What is
this?” and “what is that?” they ask.
As we climb the hills and cross
the branches, I experience no diffi
culty in recognizing old Bro. Black
Gum, old Bro. Poplar, old Bro. Hick
ory Tree and old Sister Muscadine
Vine. I have known them since I
was a boy and I am sure that were
I to pass by old Bro. Fox Grape Vine
without telling the folks from the
city who he was, he would be high
ly insulted.
On Decoration Day my wife and I
motored up through the Pennsylvania
hills with two friends of ours from
the Logan M. E. church choir and
our final destination was the most
beautiful spot in the mountains that
it has ever been my pleasure to view.
The Pennsylvania hills are indescrib
ably beautiful on account of the nu
merous streams that wind around like
silver lace adorning a dark green
background. Are you following me?
We ate our lunch at a little vil
lage called Schwenksville, right be
tween two mountains. This thriving
little village has a beautiful memorial
park, dedicated to the boys who
fought and died in the World War.
In this park are amusements of dif
ferent kinds including merry-go
rounds and swings for the children,
concessions of all kinds, a baseball
diamond and a band to furnish mu
sic. This place is 28 miles from
Philadelphia.
At three o’colck we motored on to
the little cross-road town called Har
leyville and then on three miles be
yond there to an old house (100
years old) owned by a Philadelphia
friend of ours, located on the top
of a mountain. No one could ever
locate it unless they had a guide and
we had one to direct us. Down a
long “lane” through the woods and
hills we drove until we came to a
branch. Then, after fording this
branch, we drove as far as we could
around mountains until we reached
a point where even a Ford couldn’t
travel and then we got out and walk
ed. At the top of the hill was the
old house. This friend of ours who
owns it bought it and 110 acres of
hills and he, being a civil engineer,
fixed it up with an artificial lake,
sunken garden, walled up spring, etc.,
and it was a picture wonderful to
behold. You could sit on the front
porch, which was not covered, and
see a mile down the valley and this
valley was a valley of flowers —
daisies, Indian paint brushes, flocks,
etc. Wild strawberries were plenti
ful and the turtles were enjoying
them. When I stood there watching
an old turtle eat nice ripe strawber
ries, I thought of what a wonderful'
world we are living in. Even the
turtles and terrapins are provided
with delicious berries and other
fruits.
Man is the only animal that has
ever made any progress. Monkeys
still hang on the trees by their tails
in South Africa just as their ances
tors did 3,000 years ago. Birds
build the same kinds of nests as their
ancestors built thousands of years
ago. And yet they say that man de
scended from a monkey. As far
back as we have any records of
man’s existence on earth we have
proof that he has always looked for
ward to a future life. Who put
that in his heart? A monkey doesn’t
look forward to a future life. All
that he is interested in is where the
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FREE!
You are invited to a Free Demonstration of
WHITE CREST FLOUR
THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY
JUNE 4th, sth and 6th
at Maret’s Gro. Store
HARTWELL, GA.
refreshments served
24 POUNDS WHITE CHEST FLOUT 6IVEN AWAY EACH AFTERNOON
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MT. OLIVET
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Health of this community is very
, good at this writing.
Several visitors attended Sunday
school here Sunday afternoon. We
welcome them to come again.
An interesting ball game was play
ed here Saturday afternoon between
Mt. Olivet and Reed Creek. The
score was 7 and 0 in favor of Mt.
Olivet. Reed Creek, get you up a
little pep before you try Mt. Olivet
again.
Misses Lovice Sanders and Ethel
Cleveland spent Saturday night with
Mrs. Hailey Sanders.
Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Maret visited
Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Jones Sunday af
ternoon.
Misses Roselle, Idelle, Willie and
Sybel Reed visited Misses Lucile and
Eloise Chitwood Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Della Cleveland and daughter,
Myrtice, spent the week-end with
Mr. and Mrs. Sibley Sanders.
Mr. Floyd Brown, of Air Line,
visited his brother, Mr. John H.
Brown, last week.
Mrs. Jas. T. Sanders, Mrs. Clell
Morris and Mrs. Evard Morris spent
one afternoon last week with Mrs.
A. A. Morris.
Messrs. J. L. Herring and J. L.
Bright dined with Mr. W. A. Bailey,
of Sardis, Sunday.
Sunday school here next Sunday
morning at 10 o’clock, and preaching
at 11. Everybody invited to come.
BLUE EYES.
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CROSS ROADS CHURCH
Rev. L. T. Weldon will preach at
Cross Roads Sunday morning at 11
o’clock. Everybody welcome.
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Oscar Saxe, a Belgian, invented
the saxophone ninety years ago. The
original saxophone is stil in exis
tence.
\ CRY IN THE NIGHT, griping
pains in the vitals, cramps,
weakening diarrhoea - whether child or
adult, immediate comfort and ease in
CHAMBERLAIN’S
COLIC and DIARRHOEA
REMEDY
Pays to keep always on hand.
next meal is coming from.
Just because some people make
monkeys of themselves is no reason
to say that we all came from mon
keys.
It can truthfully be said that Hart
well has produced more hotel man
agers than any town in northeast
Georgia.
The “center of the world” has
been marked. Now why not have a
monument in memory of Nancy Hart
and have it located at the intersec
tion of Howell and the street which
passes in front of the postoffice.
Have a short history of “Nancy” in
scribed thereon. Hartwell should
strive to secure everything of inter
est that will attract a tourist. Hun
dreds of tourists should spend the
winter in Hartwell every year. Aiken,
S. C., a smaller town than Hartwell,
gets them by the hundreds. Why
not send a delegation of men to
Aiken to learn how they do it.
Wouldn’t it be great if Hartwell
could fill about five or six hotels like
the present one every winter? Golf
courses will bring them. Get the
government to put some fish in the
Savannah river and that will also
bring them. Golf, fishing, tennis,
horseback riding, etc., are what tour
ists want. Paved streets will be the
greatest step forward that Hartwell
will ever take.
When a holiday comes the folks in
the cities flock to the country and
the folks in the country go to the
cities.
Hush little tadpole,
Don’t you cry,
You’ll be a bull frog
By and by.
You know, it is claimed that the
noise which bull frogs make at night
is music which they make serenading
the females.
THE HARTWELL SUN, HARTWELL, GA., JUNE 5, 1925
In The Sun’s Mail
Bag
We can go back for at least two
| thousand years and find that regis
tration and taxation was the basis
of citizenship. It was never consid
ered creditable to become citizens of
a great county without registration
or of paying at least poll tax until
we reached such glorious stages of
progress as is now being encouraged
in so many Georgia counties. Two
thousand years ago civilization de
manded that every boy register as a
citizen at a certain age and it was
a happy event both with parents and
boys for the day to come when they
might register and become citizens
of their country.
Citizenship is so lightly esteemed
in these modern days of progress
that a great county that is making
such marvelous strides toward the
goal of modern institutions and paved
roads that around twelve hundred
males that have long passed the legal
age for registration have utterly fail
ed to register or pay a poll tax that
is so much in need to pay the ex
penses of their own children attend
ing school. The fault is not all due
to the Tax Receiver not doing his
duty as an officer but mainly because
so many of us do not appreciate
the advantages and the honor of be
coming citizens. The fundamentals
of citizenship are fading. We are
getting good advice from some folks
that own property and that have been
through high school and to our sur- J
prise they have never registered or
paid a single dollar as poll tax or
anything upon their property to help
some poor boy or girl get a common
school education. It is very common
for people to ask this question, “I
guess you find a certain fellow
mighty short on giving in his notes,
don’t you?” Well, a few fellows are
short in their returns upon certain
lines, but the most ridiculous condi
tion in Hart county is not with un
dervaluation of property for taxation
but a great multitude reaching far
above one thousand in number that
enjoy the roads that we build and
send their children to school with-!
out even paying a single dollar as
poll tax. The people that do not pay
poll tax in Hart county own thou
sands of dollars worth of property
and besides cheating the common
school fund out of one thousand one
hundred and seventy-two dollars,
they are cheating the roads and state |
institutions.
The first principle of citizenship is
to register and pay one dollar poll |
tax and who so completely disowns :
as good a county as Hart county that I
does not dare register and own it
as his own county. How dare you
cheat your own county by disowning 1
it as a citizen to save a dollar.
How dare you collect salaries at |
the expense of honest tax payers and
then set the example as a parasite, |
that will feed at will at the expense r
of others. There may be some ex
cuse for the illiterate not to exercise
through their ignorance the right to
register and become citizens of a
county, but when men that have all
the advantages of higher education
set these unholy examples it is time
for us to take our bearing and see
to it that higher education must not
lose a grip upon the fundamentals
of citizenship.
It is bad enough to have ten thou
sand dollars’ worth of securities and
make a small return of taxes, but the
meanest tax dodger is an educated
man that disowns his own county
as a citizen and fails to pay taxes
upon his property.
CITIZEN.
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The wheelbarrow in China is a
common vehicle for transporting peo
ple. As many as eight persons are
often seen riding together, being
pushed by a single coolie.
SUMMER COLDS
are lingering and annoying.
The very first night apply
VICKS
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Furniture Company
BEGINNING TODAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH
THE 10TH OF JUNE—A SENSATIONAL SALE OF
Living Room Suites
For this event, we have attractively priced our entire
stock of Summer Furniture. We feature herewith sev
eral of the many articles that have been reduced for
this sale. Plan now to furnish your home for the hot
summer days that are here. Buy now and save money
on your Summer Furniture needs.
S2OO 3-Piece OVERSTUFFED SUITE REDUCED to 5149
Pl fh'i 1 iw
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Here is an Overstuffed Suite that represents a typical val
ue for this week. You will agree that it is a real value —
one of the greatest now being offered. This suite actual
ly sells for at least $200.00. It is a beauty, too. The qual
ity is there. Suite consists of beautiful Davenport, Arm
Chair and Wingback Chair. Choice of several velours.
Priced specially for this sale at 5149
CONVENIENT TERMS CAN BE ARRANGED
587.50 FIBER SUITE 569.00
A rare value—Bo inch Settee, 2 large Rockers, Upholster
ed Spring Seats and Back in good grade ot tap.
June Sale enr nn
Other Fiber Suites as low as __lU_ ll._ * -
BEAUTIFUL CANE SUITES
Priced From 5127.50 To 5200.00
All Porch Suites And Refrigerators Reduced
Hartwell Furniture
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